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Full listing > Accession MC2008/61| Accession # | MC2008/61 | | Topic | West, Dan and Petersime, Ray: Heifer Shipment, | | Keywords | HPI, Faculty/Staff, Church of the Brethren, | | Title | Photo of Dan West and Ray Petersime at a Service of Dedication | | Location | Photograph file folder section in order by accession number | | Citation | Photo of Dan West and Ray Petersime at a Service of Dedication, MC2008/61, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Unknown, in Archives prior to April 2006. | | Scope and Content | Photograph of Dan West and Ray Petersime at a service of dedication for a shipment of heifers to South America. 1. One photo. | | Date of Accession | 16 April 2008 | | Bio History Note | Dan West was the originator of the Heifer Project. In this photo he is speaking at a service of dedication for a shipment of heifers to South America, at the Dayton, Ohio Municipal airport, May 23, 1939. Ray Petersime is on the right. This photo is to be found on page 1331 in the Brethren Encyclopedia. Ray Petersime, a poultry-incubator manufacturer by profession, also worked through "Heifers for Relief" and fellow Brethren in Ohio to send 55,800 hatchling eggs for distribution in Poland. The eggs were flown from Dayton, Ohio, to Warsaw, Poland. Arrangements were made by UNRRA*. UNRRA* also and flew Petersime with the eggs to spend time in Poland as an agricultural consultant. See newspaper article about Ray Petersime in the Brethren People File: Petersime, Ray
*United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration | | Archivist Note | Description prepared 16 April 2008 by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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